Summary: Music Director Alan Gilbert discusses this program, which both begins and ends with music based on the traditional form known as the passacaglia, with Webern's first published work opening the program. Mr. Gilbert also discusses the awe-inspiring artistry of Pinchas Zukerman, the soloist in Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Program Annotator James M. Keller and podcast host Mark Travis shed light on the history and highlights of Brahms's Fourth — and final — Symphony.
